The cover of this elegant collection is an impressive full-color photo,
Ocean, by Dan Torop. A short fuse on a long afternoon/ twinges for concentrate/
as silent upholstery after illusion (Personal Life). We have waited a
long time for a new collection of poems by Alan Bernheimer. Now, holding
this utterly wonderful book in my hands, I can't help but think about
that long time, the years of living. The vivacity of Bernheimer's earliest
work -- his capacity for setting spirals of verbal witticism into motion
and for executing wry dances of intelligence across contemporary landscape
-- is still dazzling.... This only looks like a small book; in it, you
will read major work. -- Lyn Hejinian.